IF22A strange charging LED behavior, exchanged torch is normal

[pennzy]

My Wurkkos TS21 does it too.

[WL27]

@Funtastic

@WL27

I bought it from Aliexpress do they still help then?

Okay, you need to sort it through AliExpress since Sofirn have different teams for each platform with various prices. Just email the Sofirn store on AliExpress and if they won’t provide much help then go to sofirnlight or post on their facebook page

Thanks. I will send them a Message on AE.

[WL27]

@roostre

@WL27

… It never turns green while loading …

While the charger is connected, does the light’s switch continually “blink red” forever or does the “blinking red” eventually stop when “charging has completed”?

[quote=WL27] … I just hope the overcharge protection still works. [/quote]

If you have a “Volt Meter” you could measure the battery’s voltage after “charging has completed” to ensure the voltage is at or below 4.2 Volts DC.

[quote=WL27] … i think on a video it will be hard to prove it. … [/quote]

If you have a “USB Meter” your video could show both the “USB Meter” and the “light’s switch” during charging and send the portion of the video where the USB Meter’s current goes from a positive value to a value of zero (indicating that charging has completed) to show Sofirn what happens with the “light’s switch” during the moments before and after charging has completed.

[quote=WL27] … I loaded the light 7 hours and never turned green. [/quote]

7 hours seems too long. As I remember it takes less than 6 hours using a USB-A charging port and less than 3 hours using a USB-C charging port to charge an almost fully discharged 21700 battery in my IF22A.

This is probably not your problem, but it did happen to me and one thing to be aware of and check before charging is to be sure that the light is able to turned on (when the light is not connected to the charger), because if the light is not able to be turned on, it will also not be able to be charged.

I “physically lock out” the IF22A by loosening the tail cap or the head or both to ensure the light does not turn on accidentally while in my jacket pocket. Once I forgot to tighten these before using the built-in charging port and the light’s switch just continually blinked red (which should indicate it is charging), but it never charged or finished charging, even though the light would turn on while connected to the charger.

EDIT:

The above behavior (“blinking red”, but no charging when “physically locked out”) only occurs when using a USB-A charging port. There is no “blinking red” or charging when using a USB-C charging port while “physically locked out”.

Some additional information:

The head of my IF22A (without the battery tube or battery) can light up the main LED when attached to a USB-A charging port using a USB-A to USB-C cable, but the head alone will not light up the main LED when attached to a USB-C charging port using a USB-C to USB-C cable without the battery tube and battery installed (but after it lights up I then can remove the battery tube and battery and will be able to turn the main LED on and off).

Thanks for the Reply.
While Charging the switch first blinks normal, and then when the Battery gets fuller it changes to a light flickering and this flickering never ends.

Yes i have a Volt Meter but no Battery for it right now. I put the If22A’s Battery into the IF25A and Anduril Batt Check says its Full at 4,2V.

Thanks for the tip with the USB Meter. I don’t own one.

Yeah 7 Hours is not Normal i just think it has an Problem that it doesn’t show on the switch that it is Fully loaded.

I also forgot one time with the Lock Out enabled…
Interesting that the IF22A turns on with just the Cable !

[NorthernHarrier]

I, too, had a problem with the charging level indicator on my first IF22A. It would turn green after fully charging the light via USB cable, as it should. However, after turning off the light and then turning it back on, the light would be red, even though the battery was fully charged. When I notified Sofirn about the problem, they apologized and immediately sent me another light, which worked normally.

I like a company that stands behind its products with good customer service.

[WL27]

Sofirn Replied on AliExpress, they want a Video or Photos, im doing a Video right now on the Problem with the loading…
I think the Video would be to big in size & too long for Aliexpress. I would upload it to youtube but does China have Access to youtube ?

[pennzy]

One time Banggood asked me for a Youtube video. They must be able to watch.

[WL27]

Ok good to know.
I sent them a short Video on AE (max. Video time on AE message is 1min.)
They basically said its not a big problem. And offered me a 5$ discount for my next order…

I’ve send them now the whole Video which i uploaded to youtube.

[adelaideuser (Ashley)]

not sure if this relates to the problems described by others on this thread but I had a very quick fix. I opened the torch and took out the battery. There was a sticker with an instruction ‘remove me’. I did this and it works perfectly. If only all solutions were like this. Cheers

[Jeffgoldblum]

@adelaideuser

not sure if this relates to the problems described by others on this thread but I had a very quick fix. I opened the torch and took out the battery. There was a sticker with an instruction ‘remove me’. I did this and it works perfectly. If only all solutions were like this. Cheers

Yep that’ll usually do it